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USAS-12
The Daewoo USAS-12 (Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun) is based on Maxwell Atchisson's 1972 design of the AA-12 assault shotgun. In 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co. (USA) wanted to produce an Atchisson of its own. Since Gilbert had no manufacturing capabilities, it looked elsewhere for possible manufacturers. The only maker that agreed to produce the weapon was a South Korean company called Daewoo Precision Industries, part of the Daewoo conglomerate. They adapted the design to their manufacturing techniques, and mass production commenced in the early 1990s and continues to this day.
The USAS-12 in semi automatic form was available through regular chains of commerce until 1993, when then President Bill Clinton, at the behest of a gun control group (Handgun Control, Inc.), directed then Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen to declare three specific self loading shotguns to be destructive devices under an obscure portion of the Federal Code, which allowed the Head of the Treasury Dept. to declare any weapon over .50 Caliber to be declared a destructive device by decree. The three banned shotguns were (a) the SWD/Cobray Streetsweeper, the (b) the Armsel Striker-12 shotgun and the (c) Semi automatic USAS-12. The gun control group also requested that the pump action Mossberg 500 also be banned (due to the "frightening design" of the Mossberg 500 bullpup) but Bentsen refused. It is ironic that the full auto USAS-12 shotguns were still available to Title II approved owners and dealers with no additional paperwork required, but the Semi automatic version required a 'Destructive Device' permit from the ATF to possess and transfer. Once a shotgun like the USAS-12 was 'legally a Destructive Device' the ATF restricted import of complete guns and replacement parts based on regulations from the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Specifications
(1990s - Present)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 12 gauge
- Weight: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg)
- Length: 37.8 in (96 cm)
- Barrel length: 18.1 in (46 cm)
- Capacity: 10-round box or 20-round drum
- Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police Story 3: Supercop | 1992 | |||
| On Deadly Ground | Steven Seagal | Forrest Taft | 1994 | |
| Zero Tolerance | Robert Patrick | Jeff Douglas | 1994 | |
| A mobster | ||||
| Dead Weekend | Stephen Baldwin | Weed | with drum magazine | 1995 |
| Dead Weekend | Afifi Alaouie | Amelia B | with drum magazine | 1995 |
| Eraser | US Marshal | 1996 | ||
| Jumanji | Jonathan Hyde | Van Pelt | masquerading as a monstrous hunting rifle, fitted with scope and suppressor | 1995 |
| Christmas Rush | Aleks Paunovic | Petrovich | CQ model | 2002 |
| Machete | Tom Savini | Osiris Amanpour | 2010 | |
| Maximum Conviction | Steven Seagal | Cross | 2012 |
Television
| Title/Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sentinel | US Army Rangers | "The Switchman" (S01E01) | 1996 | |
| Armored car robber | "Love and Guns" (S01E08) | |||
| Viper (TV Series) | "Turf Wars" (S01E13) | 1997 | ||
| Millennium | "Exegesis" (S03E02) | 1998 | ||
| Stargate: SG1 | Various characters | "Small Victories" (S04E01) | 1997-2007 | |
| Eric Breker | Colonel Albert Reynolds | 1998-2007 | ||
| Richard Dean Anderson | Colonel Jack O'Neill | "Small Victories" (S04E01) | 2000 | |
| Christopher Judge | Robot Teal'c | "Double Jeopardy" (S04E21) | 2001 | |
| Christopher Judge | Teal'c | "Menace" (S05E19) | 2002 | |
| Jeremiah | Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Kurdy | 2002-2003 | |
| Stargate: Atlantis | Various characters | 2004-2009 | ||
| Numb3rs | Operation Condor assassin | "Assassin" (S02E05) | 2005 | |
| Burn Notice | Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Westen | "Breaking Point" (S5E14) | 2011 |
| Andre Holland | Dion Carver | "Breaking Point" (S5E14) |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | 2002 | |||
| Global Operations | 19 round drum | 2002 | ||
| Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | |||
| Punisher | 2005 | |||
| Eternal Damnation | "USAS12" | Only available in multiplayer | 2006 | |
| Saints Row 2 | "AS14 Hammer" | folding stock | 2008 | |
| Far Cry 2 | with a 12-round drum | 2008 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company | 2008 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | 2008 | |||
| Counter-Strike Online | without iron sights, premium version comes with camouflage (USAS-12 Camouflage) and anti-zombie variant | 2008 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | "USAS-12 Automatic" | 2010 | ||
| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | "Automatic Shotgun" | 2010 | ||
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | 2010 | |||
| Modern Warfare 3 | 2011 | |||
| Battlefield 3 | 2011 | |||
| Armed Forces Corps | 2011 | |||
| Warface | "ROKO 360" | w/drum magazine | 2013 | |
| 007: Legends | "M-557" | 2012 | ||
| Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | "Juggernaut" | G36-type stock and G3-type magwell | 2012 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Daewoo USAS-12 | 2014 | ||
| Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault | "USS 12" | w/ various attachments | Shares carrying handle with the M4A1 | 2015 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "USAS-12" | 2016 | ||
| Cruelty Squad | "Precise Industry AS15" | 2021 |
See Also
- S&T Daewoo - A list of all firearms manufactured by S&T Daewoo.